[U-Boot] [PATCH] common: fit: Allow U-Boot images to be booted

[Michal Simek]

On 18.7.2016 14:05, Mario Six wrote:
> In certain circumstances it comes in handy to be able to boot into a second
> U-Boot. But as of now it is not possible to boot a U-Boot binary that is inside
> a FIT image, which is problematic for projects that e.g. need to guarantee a
> unbroken chain of trust from SOC all the way into the OS, since the FIT signing
> mechanism cannot be used.
> 
> This patch adds the capability to load such FIT images.
> 
> An example its snippet (utilizing signature verification) might look like the
> following:
> 
> images {
> 	kernel at 1 {
> 		description = "2nd stage U-Boot image";
> 		data = /incbin/("u-boot-dtb.img.gz");
> 		type = "kernel";

Isn't this type weird for u-boot itself?

The rest is good.

Thanks,
Michal